"Vanishing Point"
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"Because all epic weapons end up here until they are required for service."
Prompt - The tactician ends up sealed away by whatever laws of magic reacquire legendary magic weapons.
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It hadn't happened suddenly. If it had, then things would have been more understandable. One expects such things with magic, after all. It's all flash and swish and bang - instantaneous results galore. Except that in this case, it isn't.
Because it would look rather strange if the world kept taking the weapons away right after they'd been given to the heroes. So it takes time for such things, usually after the death of said heroes. Then the magic would take hold and spirit the weapon back to reside under seal until the next time that it was called for.
Usually these weapons were magical in nature themselves, though forged of stone or wood or steel.
But this was a different kind of weapon. This one was a mind; a mind that was possessed by a being of flesh and spirit. It would be difficult to relegate to storage and even more difficult to seal away. But the world tends to be adamant about such things, and it has all the time necessary to do so.
So when the tactician faded away one day, all the heroes shrugged and said that they'd expected another journey. And when years passed and the memories faded, none of them would expect that magic had had any hand in their failure to recall. After all, wasn't it natural to forget certain things as you age?
Now a statue stands among the other relics of the ages, kept against the world's need. It is a weapon most potent and legendary even among their children's children.
The world is satisfied with its choice.
One would almost believe that it looks forward to lending out such toys to its heroes.
c=oc=o
an - lame. You all can blame a random reviewer for this piece. It feels like it should be better, but dear lord... I can't figure out how. Maybe cause I'm tired and my hand is telling me that typing = pain. Gah. I still should do better.
:P - not any random reviewer. I think the name was Random Guy or some such. Anyway, that person's fault.